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Guylhem Rom / 1.0rc3 Released

« on: November 01, 2005, 05:46:44 am »

I have flashed back 1.0rc4 and had almost the same issues:

1. FONTS:

- "Use thick fonts" causes font corruption when Z has its display in vertical position.
- When rotated ("right-handed") fonts are tiny. Tried the other way around ("left-handed") and fonts are OK!

2. PACKAGE INSTALLER:

- Same locks here.
- I removed some packages and installed all the KxPI suite, kismet (do not know if it works yet), djview (built with guylhem toolchain), stock vga terminal, qpdf from the feed, kino2 and mplayer. Almost everything works as expected despite lock-ups.

3. QTOPIA REBOOTING:

- When an alarm event (kopi-alarm) is fired up, qtopia restarts. Maybe has something to do with apmsleep? (It happens when Z is ON also).

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For Kino2 (0.4.2b) and mplayer (mplayer-bvdd 1.1.5-1 - atty), it works fine for me (have not tried it a lot but with a couple of videos). My kino2 preferences are (everything not commented is off):

General-Tab
Enable cache:4096

Video-Tab
Drop frames: ON
Enable doublebuffering: ON
Enable software-scaling: ON
Build AVI index: ON
Enable audio autosync: ON

I have attached my /etc/fb.modes and /home/zaurus/.mplayer/config

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Guylhem Rom / 1.0rc4 Wireless Setup

« on: November 01, 2005, 04:44:17 am »

That did not work either.

Thank you so much for all of your help, I really appreciate it, but I think that I am going to give up for now.  I have spent *hours* trying to make this work.

I just noticed that pdaXrom just released rc12.  I installed it and it is great, and they fixed all of the bugs that had prevented me from using it before, so I think I am going to use that for now.

I will check back on the guylhem rom later and see if I can get my wifi to work after a another release or two.

Thanks again.
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Just to discard options: did you try with 128 bits WEP? also maybe the sleep I wrote down in the script was not long enough so, did you try running the script twice? (without powering off the wlan)

If I figure out why this didn't work, will tell you.

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Guylhem Rom / 1.0rc4 Wireless Setup

« on: October 30, 2005, 04:47:30 pm »

Try this script (updated one) instead.

Seems more reliable and should work better.

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Guylhem Rom / 1.0rc3 Released

« on: October 30, 2005, 11:36:19 am »

I am having a really hard time getting the wireless connection up on my sl-6000.  I have tried everything on here to get it going with WEP, with no success.  Could someone *please* post detailed instructions and the required config files?

Thanks!
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I have just opened a [a href=\"https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=15797]new thread[/url] with my wifi setup.

Hope it helps.

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Guylhem Rom / 1.0rc4 Wireless Setup

« on: October 30, 2005, 11:32:34 am »

I have added a new script to the ones provided by Guylhem in 1.0rc4 (just added wep stuff to net.wifi.local).

This one is to connect to a WEP enabled network.


STEP BY STEP GUIDE:

1) Download and unpack attached script (net.wifi.wep)
2) Change network setup on lines 3 to 24
3) On the Zaurus' console become root:
   su <enter>
   When asked for password, press <enter>.
4) Copy the file to the Zaurus' /usr/local/bin/
    i.e. cp /mnt/cf/net.wifi.wep /usr/local/bin
5) Define script perms:
    chown root:qpe /usr/local/bin/net.wifi.wep
    chmod 0755 /usr/local/bin/net.wifi.wep

To CONNECT:
    net.wifi.wep
   
To DISCONNECT:
    net.wifi.off
   
Optional:
   You can edit /etc/resolv.conf to match the DNS servers provided by your ISP. Some may find that name resolution is faster that way

I have checked this setup just after a fresh NAND restore so I hope everyone is able to connect this time .

FIX: Sometimes wep keys do not get loaded by wlanctl-ng. Waiting a little bit more and setting up WEP keys after bringing up the network interface makes a big difference.

I have updated the attached script.

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Guylhem Rom / 1.0rc3 Released

« on: October 29, 2005, 03:05:24 pm »

Here is a copy of etc files and home/zaurus of the original Sharp Rom (ver 1.5.4)

/opt/Qtopia links to /home/QtPalmtop
/etc links to /home/etc

I have made a copy of the whole tree If you need any other files.

the_oak: I had trouble using busybox gzip (sharp rom version) so maybe that is the problem you had when archiving those directories. At last I tarred the files on the Z and used gzip on my desktop.

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Guylhem Rom / 1.0rc3 Released

« on: October 29, 2005, 02:13:30 pm »

are you able to install ipks in sd or cf?
i'm not
although did you managed to have it synchronised? i still can't.
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No I didn't installed anything in sd or cf because I prefer leaving those only for data, OTOH menu options for that are disabled so it may not be possible right now.

Also I do not use windows nor qtopia desktop (just using KOPi and downloading .ics files to my computer).

I never tried it but I remember having read that sync is performed running a Samba Server in the Z and opening a conection from the desktop, because of that you have to clean root password prior syncing with qtopia and maybe your problem is related to Samba auth or something like that. Is there any log in qtopia desktop? Maybe there is something useful in there.

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Guylhem Rom / 1.0rc3 Released

« on: October 29, 2005, 01:45:44 pm »

orodriguez: Thanks, those commands worked. Resulting files are 0 bytes though. I guess they are maybe all symlinks? Anyway here they are:

Edit: The attachments are not showing in my post. (Because they are 0 byte?) I will try uploading them elsewhere and posting links.

etc0.tar.gz
etc1.tar.gz
etc2.tar.gz
etc3.tar.gz
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Even if they are symlinks, tar files should store them (just the links so If one untar those files he won't get the files pointed to). Maybe busybox tar differs more than expected from GNU's or there is something wrong in my command line.

I am flashing right now with the original stock rom (I did a NAND backup almost just when I bought it) so I'll make a snapshot of the whole tree, and post those files here (hope I am luckier  ).

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Guylhem Rom / 1.0rc3 Released

« on: October 29, 2005, 09:16:19 am »

MD5SUM of Guylhem's RC4 (I flashed it flawlessly):

610dfbe8556526f07e94d5c212fbf4b6  syst0006.dbk-1-0rc4

For the tar files, this should work:

tar cv /opt/Qtopia/etc/ | busybox gzip > /mnt/cf/etc0.tar.gz
tar cv /etc/ | busybox gzip > /mnt/cf/etc1.tar.gz
tar cv /home/etc/ | busybox gzip > /mnt/cf/etc2.tar.gz
tar cv /home/zaurus/ | busybox gzip > /mnt/cf/etc3.tar.gz

BTW, RC4 is working almost fine for me. I had a couple of random hangs installing and removing software but they were almost harmless. Also tab-editor is not working properly, it cannot delete elements though strangely enough it is able to create them (workaround is hand-deleting unwanted files in /opt/Qtopia/apps/)

For me, this one is usable enough. Thank you very much Guylhem!  

Regards.

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Guylhem Rom / 1.0rc3 Released

« on: October 26, 2005, 12:03:53 pm »

Excuse me if this is answered elsewhere, but to which key combo is the pipe symbol(|) mapped?
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Shift+Space

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Guylhem Rom / 1.0rc3 Released

« on: October 26, 2005, 10:28:40 am »

merci guylhem for the feedback but for the sd pb, i still don't know where to put that as i didn't found /etc/initd.d folder
for the busybow i'll wait for your green light.

i've noticed you have posted a readme for a rc4, good news
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Just overwrite /etc/rc.d/init.d/sd

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Guylhem Rom / 1.0rc3 Released

« on: October 24, 2005, 03:09:42 pm »

Regarding wifi.

To connect to a WEP enabled network I used this script:
...

# ./tmp_wlan_up
wlanctl-ng: No such device
...
message=dot11req_mibset
  mibattribute=data_string_too_short
  resultcode=no_value
mibattribute="data_string_too_short"
wlanctl-ng: No such device
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
wlan0: unknown interface: No such devicewlan0: unknown interface: No such deviceSIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable 

A typo here:
  WEPEY=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

  should read WEPKEY=XX:XX:...
  also XX:XX,etc should be your WEP key in HEX
  and do not forget to put your network ESSID after MYWLAN=

And here, before:
  wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_ifstate ifstate=enable

  the module should be loaded with:
  modprobe prism2_usb prism2_doreset=1

Very sorry for the inconvenience.

BTW, Guylhem has submitted to the forum the conf-files for wlan.

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Guylhem Rom / 1.0rc3 Released

« on: October 24, 2005, 02:59:38 pm »

/dev/mmcda    stdin
/dev/mmcda1  stdout
/dev/mmcda2  ts

reboot without sd doesnt help
mknod  -m 644 /dev/mmcda1 b 60 1 file exist

same msg on 2 others
reset without sd does not help...
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Just wondering, maybe there is something wrong with mounts. Is there any /mnt/card or /dev/mmcda1 in /proc/mounts? Trying to find out why you are having problems with SD I found /dec/mmcda1 mounted in /proc/mounts but not in /mnt/card so I tried (as root):

1) umount /mnt/card
2) rmmod sharp_mmcsd_m
3) modprobe sharp_mmcsd_m
4) mount /mnt/card

some commands displayed errors (none of them harmful) but cannot remember exactly which ones did work and which didn't.

This was a little bit wierd but haven't found why happened.

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Guylhem Rom / 1.0rc3 Released

« on: October 24, 2005, 09:50:42 am »

I also got "no such device". Tried modprobing wlanctl-ng, wlan-ng, prism2, hostap, and everything else I can think of, but get "can't locate module whatever" response.
(Not really sure what I should be modprobing anyway, so these are just guesses.)
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modprobe just loads kernel modules ("device drivers").

Those modules have nothing to do with SD card, they are wifi related.

To load wlan module you can issue a:

Code: [Select]

modprobe prism2_usb prism2_doreset=1
sharp_mmcsd_m is the sharp binary module for SD and MMC cards.

I am not able to reproduce your problem.

Maybe you can describe the steps performed before you got the error message and will try to reproduce it in my Z.

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Guylhem Rom / 1.0rc3 Released

« on: October 24, 2005, 09:35:56 am »

mhhh sd card disapereared, reboot does not help, done your tip again but no joy, send me an error sg telling no such device

Try to reboot without the SD card.

If the trick does not work at all, look at /dev/mmcda* to see what devices are available and use those dev instead.

If there is no one, maybe you could reload the kernel module and create device nodes with mknod:

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mknod  -m 644 /dev/mmcda b 60 0
mknod  -m 644 /dev/mmcda1 b 60 1
mknod  -m 644 /dev/mmcda2 b 60 2
And try again. If the error persists, tell us exactly what the error message is.

Good luck!